Global Indices & Fear & Greed Index

According to News1, after South Korea's financial regulator implemented restrictions on single-stock leveraged ETFs on July 31, investor trading patterns shifted significantly. Over 13 trading days following the regulation (July 31–August 19), 2x leveraged ETF trading share fell to 4.3% from 7.4%

According to Yonhap News, U.S. stock indices closed lower on August 20 (U.S. Eastern time). The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 703.84 points (1.32%) to 52,759.21, the S&P 500 declined 66.82 points (0.87%) to 7,641.16, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 263.92 points (1.00%) to 26,067.17. The declin

On Thursday, Aug 20, U.S. equity and asset class ETFs declined broadly, with the Russell 2000 index ETF and Dow ETF leading losses at approximately 1.34% and 1.27% respectively. The S&P 500 ETF, U.S. 20+ year Treasury ETF, and Nasdaq 100 ETF each fell up to 0.84%. Conversely, emerging market ETF

On Thursday, August 20, the Bloomberg EV Price Return Index rose 0.41% to close at 3,453.01 points. The index surged to a daily high of 3,484.50 points during Asia-Pacific morning trading at 10:06 AM Beijing time before gradually

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the region's manufacturing activity index rose to 47.4 in August, up 6.0 points from the previous month and marking the highest level in over 5 years. The figure far exceeded market expectations of 25.0, more than doubling the forecast. The inde

China-focused stocks declined today, with the Nasdaq Golden Dragon Index falling 1.15%. Among major Chinese equities, NetEase dropped 5.7%, New Oriental fell 3.3%, while Tencent and Pinduoduo each declined 0.8%. Alibaba gained 0.9%, and MediaTek rose 2.3%. The Nasdaq-100 China Tech ETF (KWEB) fell 1

On Thursday (August 20), the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 4.35 basis points to 4.6902% by New York close. Treasury Secretary Bessent's remarks on potential buyback increases above $4 billion triggered a V-shaped reversal, pushing yields to 4.7120% intraday; yields have since stabilized near the

U.S. Treasury yields climbed sharply in 2026, with the 30-year Treasury yield recently moving above 5.2% and the 10-year yield remaining around 4.7%. The selloff reflects a mix of rising government debt, persistent inflation concerns, heavy bond issuance and weaker demand for long-dated U.S. debt. T

Today, Elon Musk shared a chart predicting U.S. government debt will reach $50 trillion by 2030, captioning the post "Precisely accurate" with a laughing emoji.

According to comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a CNBC interview on Aug. 20, the U.S. Treasury will increase long-term Treasury bond buyback limits to at least $4 billion per operation, more than doubling from the previous $2 billion cap. Bessent stated the Treasury

The Conference Board reported on local time July 20 that the US Leading Economic Index (LEI) rose 0.2% to 99.5 in July, exceeding market expectations of 0.1% growth. The increase was driven by improvements in unemployment insurance claims, housing building permits, and the yield curve spread

According to CoinMarketCap, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index rose to 55 today, up 14 points from the previous day. The index measures investor sentiment using multiple indicators including price movements of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivative market me

According to BIT data, U.S. stock indices declined today (August 20). The Nasdaq fell 1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%, and the S&P 500 index declined 0.4%.

According to Guru Club, on August 20, the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield rose slightly while the Nasdaq index fell modestly during Treasury Secretary Yellen's remarks. Spot silver extended gains to around 3% during the same

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, initial jobless claims fell to 206,000 (seasonally adjusted) in the week ending August 15, below market expectations of 210,000. The figure represents a decrease of 6,000 from the prior week's

St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Mussalllem, a 2028 FOMC voter, will appear on CNBC for an interview in approximately ten minutes from the current time on August 20.

On Thursday, South Korea's Kospi index surged 6.13%, with SK Hynix jumping more than 12% and Samsung Electronics gaining 8.9% after SK Hynix announced a record 40 trillion won ($28.8 billion) share buyback program covering about 3.3% of issued stock. The broader rally was also driven by falling

The Tadawul All Share Index closed up 0.26% on August 20, gaining 1.21% for the week and achieving its third consecutive week of gains, according to the Saudi Exchange. The index reached 10,954.46 points, approaching the 50-week moving average of 10,995.86 points.

US stocks declined on May 20 (local time) as Treasury bond yields rebounded despite the US Treasury Department's expanded buyback program announced the previous day. At 10:12 AM on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 413.74